Above, one of three mounds at the Seneca Meadows Landfill in Waterloo, NY, as seen from the west side of Seneca Lake approximately eight miles away (through a telephoto lens). Credit: Kevin Colton, HWS.

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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Super Bowl Waste


Post-Super Bowl waste outside of Odells at Hobart and William Smith colleges. This overflowing mess will soon be magically whisked away by unknown hands. Every week our unwanted waste, food and even recyclable material is hurled into a heap such as this only to conveniently vanish before it gets in our way; this process leads to the current American attitude towards trash, "out of sight out of mind." Unfortunately it is not out of sight for all individuals; waste like this is disposed of at various landfills around the country which occupy the backyards of individuals in towns and villages which lack the resources to prevent them.

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